Operation Libra

Operation Libra was a covert Soviet Union operation during the Vietnam War that involved a USSR attack on United States forces in Quang Tri Province. The Russians had clashed with Americans with little loss of life; only 16 Russians were labeled as killed in action officially. Gleb Daniev, a Spetsnaz officer, launched an assault on a United States military convoy in Quang Tri Province that left 2 Soviets and 14 Americans dead in a controversial incident that was kept secret from the public eye.